I'm making a fishing rod for my best friend and his name is "Bear".. So I decided to make it a bear theme rod. I'm still working on the grip but the hard part is over. Just have to finish the butt cap with Alaska state quater in it..... Let me know what you think and yes that is cork inlayed in the gr...

I received a wonderful Email today, from Billy Bob Stevens. He asked for advice on a fly rod grip, so I decided to share this with 'ya'll. Hellooo Capt. G! I am amazed at the posts of Captain G on the BD !I noticed he has fun with fly rods and tuna -I have only built one fly rod - so could you please help m...

I decided to get busy this afternoon and make myself useful, so I decided to start a new copperhead rod.. My buddy from Alabama sent me a niced sized tanned copperhead skin....4 inches at the widest diameter...that he could not use,..so I put it to good use !!..( Don't look to close, I have got a few wrin...

Been working on a Diamondback rod this morning for a client who bought this rod for his boss....applied the second coat of epoxy to the handle and foregrip and built the epoxy ramp for the winding check.... The rodblank is a St.Croix Legend Elite...7 footer..M/H..for Carolina Riggin'.... will use A...

OK Guys.....Here is something I want to share with you all.....if you want to do a snakeskin handle, this is what it should look like..both top and bottom... The top as you can see has a great diamond design....I left the scales on.... The bottom is plain..as you can see, there is barely a seam....this...

Here is a Tennessee Handle that I made from scrap cork...it is on a 7 ft. St.Croix spinning rod..and , of course, it's for crappie fishing... MaryLou~~ -- Edited by MaryLouVandeRiet on Friday 26th of February 2010 08:42:00 AM

Here is a dropdead gorgeous red cedar grip that was very generously given to me by Stan Grace from Montana...not only beautiful, but it has a smooth satin finish !! I am proud to own it !!!.. MaryLou~~

My new lathe came in yesterday and I have already made a grip on it. A friend of mine gave me some really cool looking wood. It is real dark so I want to get some light wood and do some elipticle grips. When Princes sees her mop handle, I don't know what she will think about the finger grips. I would like to find...

Here are some photos ( work in progress)of my first ever copperhead rod on a St.Croix Legend Elite blank....7 foot..M/H...Carolina Rig Rod. It took me two years to build this rod..and also used two copperhead skins for the handle and foregrip... This is one of the few rods I have built for myself !!......

Well, I had family in town and couldn't make it to the meeting on saturday. I wanted to show ya'll a grip i've been working on. It's a split grip with a castaway fully exposed seat and a split foregrip. The inlays are buffalo horn. I'll have more pics of it soon....